View image View image From Leonard Maltin: The one that first comes to mind is from a film I fell in love with thirty-some years ago, "Scarecrow," directed by Jerry Schatzberg and shot by Vilmos Zsigmond. I revisited it when…
Bobble this. It's a very special Tom Cruise Night when the California League Lake Elsinore Storm face the High Desert Mavericks this evening (Friday) at 7:05, PDT. The Los Angeles Times reports: Besides giving away a Cruise bobblehead — make…
What was I thinking? David Poland sent me this funny picture (of me) that he took during a panel discussion at Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival in May, called "Not Playing at a Theatre Near You." It is clear that…
"I am your host! Und sagen..." Here they are, eleven of the most famous opening shots in movie history, plus a bonus that I threw in just because I like it. Prepare to smack your head and say, "D'oh! I…
"Barry Lyndon": Let's begin again... Some great (and maybe not-so-great) movies reward repeated viewings; others you may savor only once or twice. The newly redesigned Slate.com has asked several movie people what movies they've seen most often. (On my own…
Movies 101: Opening Shots Project Introduction
I still have plenty of excellent Opening Shots submissions to edit and post -- and I'm doing my best to get frame grabs to accompany them whenever I can. (Quiz answers coming soon, too.) To no one's surprise, "Star Wars"…
View image: Enzo is still with us. It was widely reported that Moose, the 15-year-old Jack Russell Terrier who played the title role in "My Dog Skip," and who played Eddie on the long-running TV sitcom "Frazier," passed away at…
View image: The opening curtain. View image: A 1936 comic book. View image: A child reads the comic book. From Mark Roberts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: I am such a fan of movie opening moments (sounds strange I know, but a…
View image: Dieters at the beginning of the shot. View image: Dieters at the end of the shot. From Scott Gowans, Web Manager, WOSU Public Media, Columbus, OH: I had been reviewing films for four or so years before I…
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